Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, May 22, 1873, Image 4
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Farm, Garden and Household.
rana Sotti and OoMip.
Nine times oat of ten good horses are
raised bj good men.
Every spindle in a cotton factory will
earn $5 for each farmer in the vicinity.
A man in Dunleith, HI., who cut off a
colt's ears with his jack-knife, was fined
$5 and costs.
If a wealthy business man loses money
on a farm it is all right?it goes back
where it came from.
One might as well skin a horse and
expect it to work for him, as to skin a
farm and expect it to grow crops.
It is said that a great source of misfortune
to men springs from their not
knowing when they have good homes.
Labor saving implements give the
farmer power and time. Power to cultivate
the soil?time to cultivate the
mind.
It iB estimated that fully 200,000 farm
_ 1.1 TtT_ _1 Ql-l? 1 -a I
era in tue vy esieru otarcs nave organized
for mutaal protection during the past
few months.
The prediction is made that corn will
be worth 50 cents a bushel in Central
Illinois next August, and a year hence
twice that sum.
In a recent public address, a speaker
said that we are debtors to birds even
in the winter and early spring months,
for then they destroy insects.
The Fairplay (Colorado) Sentinel
boasts that it is published at a greater
altitude than any other paper in the
world?10,060 feet above tne level of the
sea.
If the people of New-England would
apply a tenth part of the ingenuity to
farming that is bestowed on machinery
they would have the first farms in the
world.
If a hired man will adopt good habits,
keep neat, and spend his time in reading,
he will be treated as an equal of
the family, or he will have a family of
his own that will be superior.
An infant was recently ushered into
this perplexing world in a houSfe, in
Lewiston, Me., which holds as its ten
outo, iiiu uxiiiu o jjaiciito, iww ^iauu*
mothers, two grandfathers, four of its
aunts and an uncle.
The last idea about fencing is to plant
trees for posts, and when they are strong
enough, string wires from one to another.
The kind of tree is unimportant,
but of course fruit, nut and maple trees
will be more profitable than deciduous
trees. On the plains where fruit trees
will not grow without shelter belts, cotton
wood and white or golden willow
may be planted.
The following plan proved a perfect
cure for a pawing horse: I procured a
leather strap just long enough to buckle
around the fetlock joint, to which I attached
a piece of small iron chain about
a foot long. After one or two applications
the horse was entirely cured, the
whipping of the chain against hiB legs
proving so unpleasant he soon ceased
to indulge himself in his favorite pastime.
To break a cow of kicking, I hit upon
the following plan, which has worked
to a charm upon two bad kickers, and
two that would step away from the
milker fiom six to a dozen times while
being milked: I fastened them by the
head, so they could not run away ; then
every time a hind foot was raised, hit
with a stick a smart tap on the fore leg.
Two days' lessons cured in each instance.
White clover is not at all adapted to
the manuring of lands. Its value is
principally for pasture and for helping
to fill up the bottom of timothy meadows.
The top is too small, and the
roots do not go deep enough in the
ground to be of much value to plow
into the soil. But red clover has mnch
top and long top roots, and is of all
known plants worth the most to plow
into the soil for enriching it. Timothy
should be Bown in connection with red
clover in case the land is to be pastured
or mowed previous to plowing in a red
clover crop.
Early Potatoes.
A little care will secure early potatoes
two or throe weeks before the time they
will be ready to use if planted the common
way in open ground. Cut the pieces of
the earliest sorts, and place them under an
inch or two of earth in a hot-bed, so
closely in drills that thev will touch, so
as to economize room. When the open
ground is dry enough, set them out.
They will come on rapidly. If a frost
should occur after they are set out,
they may be protected with newspaper,
but we have never known them to be
natermlly injured, even if the tips were
nipped a little by frost. Next to a hot
bed, they may be easily sprouted in a
warm room. Even when the sprouts
grow accidentally, potatoes may be had
some days earlier by carefully preserving
the sprouts in setting them out.?
Country Gentleman.
Small Cabbage for Market.
Tne cottage uaracner, in answer to
an inquiry, says: All the cabbages
grown for the usual supply of the London
markets are of the common Battersea
variety. Their size depends on the
time of the seed being sown, and of the
cabbages being cut. For autumn and
early winter use the seed is sown in the
spring of the same year. If yon wish
for an especially sweet and small cabbage,
cultivate either the Nonpareil or
the Little Pixie.
'Liver Hot."
An English farmer who has kept
sheep for forty years, says he has found
rock salt a valuable adtidote for liver
rot, and that these animals cannot be
too liberally supplied with this saving
substance. He further declares that in
cases of congestion of the liver or rot
he has found two tablespoonsfuls of
turpentine shaken up in half a pint of
water and given to the sufferer a frequent
cure, unless the disease has made
very great progress.
Magic Yeast.?1 cupful of good hop
yeast, 1 cupful of flour batter, 1 tablespoonful
of brown sugar mixed with
water to the consistency of yeast. Mix
these together, and let the mixture stand
for twenty-four hours, when it will be
ready for use. Whenever you use the
yeast, replace the amount taken out by
a like amount of batter, and the yeast
will steadily improve, the presence of
the hop yeast in so large a proportion
in the first mixture, making it less agree
able to sensitive tastes than it becomes
afterwards. In winter use warm water
in making the batter. Keep the yeast
eool in summer and warm in winter.
The San Francisco Alta is responsible
for the Btory that a Nevada lawyer
had as his client a man accused of murder,
and that the principal witness in
his favor being his wife, who was incapacitated
from giveing testimony by
reason of her relation to him, he got the
murder trial postponed, brought suit for
divorce in her behalf and secured it,
and then triumphantly placed her on
the stand to secure the aoquittal of her
husband.
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Coral Island! and Animals.
The Arabs have a peculiar mode of Cr
anchoring their boats among the rocks
and coral islands of the Red Sea. When
the ruban, or pilot has selected his ga
anchorage, either himself, the captain, to
or one of his crew puts two wooden no
plugs in his nose, and jumps overboard fei
with a rope, to which is attached two At
large hooks, which he fastens to the th
rocks, or to some hard coral formation, pa
which must be unfastened every morn- cri
ing by hand. i
Whichever way we look, the mount- pe
ains on shore, and rocks and coral fa<
islands are visible to us. This is an 0D
extraordinary and dangerous sea. It is 6t<
getting worse and worse every year.
Although we are not more than six feet bo
from the edge of the reef, yet we cannot ab
get soundings underneath our boat. m,
There are hundreds of new islands w]
gradually springing up to the surface sh
of the water. The appearance of these
islands is undoubtedly the work of the ^
coral animal; but I do not believe, nor tei
can I be persuaded by any philosopher '
in the world, that the foundations of
these marine principalities were com
mencea at tne Douonuess ocean.
Daring my rambles along the Pacific . v
coast ana in the East and West Indies, .
I noticed four kinds of coral formations ^
?lagoons, coral fringes, encircling reef,
and barriers. The lagoons are coral
rings, encircling a portion of the sea,
ana only extist in the Pacific and
Indian Oceans. Although they differ
in formation and appearance, yet they ,
are the works of the same animals.
These rings often rise between five and
ten feet above the level of the sea.
Having paid great attention to the ? ,
coral animals of the East and West
Indies, I will describe their habits for mc
the information of the general reader.
They are neither insects nor water- -i
spiders; but small, soft, gelatinous
animals, with whose bodies is to be
found an admixture of Btonv matter
resembling flint. They are the slaves ,
of nature, and the contractors and build- . "
ers of the ocean. On their submarine ^
structure they toil, live, and die ; and ^
end their laborious career before death
by cementing their own bodies with the m
last layer they raised toward the completion
of that home for the future generation
of man. They are to be found J
by millions, and are visible to the naked
eye, in those narrow seas and oceans ^
where their operations are known to be
carried on. They die before they reach ft9
the surface of the water, or the moment Rm
they feel the least heat of the sun. As
the coral rings around the circular '
lagoon often nse from five to ten feet ^
above the level of the sea, certainly that
part above the water cannot be the
work of the coral animals, unless nature
1 J J -A- OU
nas euuuweu nit? siruunuc wim ciuici ^
animal or vegetable life, and gradually
forced its head above water, and con- ^
tinues to increase until the attraction of
the earth and ocean put a stop to its
growth. As the corallmes are not sup- ^
posed to be able to live beyond a certain
depth, the foundations of their struc- P
tures must be laid on the head or shoulders
of some of those gigantic mount
ains which have sunk, or' may be in the
course of rising from beneath.?Once a
Week.
To Wash Lace. tri
Just at present, fashion decrees that mi
ladies shall wear a profusion of lace; f0J
and as thiB delicate material is easily thi
soiled, we recommend the following ba
method of restoring it to its pristine jnj
purity and smoothness. Fold the lace tw
two or three times, and tack it on a piece gg
of clean white flannel. Wash it care- wc
fully in warm water and with soap, not
rubbing, but dipping it up and down
in the water and patting it between your 'Wc
hands. Change the water once. Then tei
dip it into very hot water, roll it up? bu
flannel outside?and squeeze it as dry ^
as possible. Then remove the tacking ^
thread and dip the lace into cold water, i
into which a little pearl-starch has been B6(
dissolved. Take it out and roll it up
in a large cambric handkerchief.squeeze ge
it dir, and again fold it up in a dry ge.
handkerchief. Let it remain for an
hour, then fold a linen sheet four times, ~0
spread upon it a fine piece of linen or an
an old fine cambric handkerchief. Lay gj
your lace upon it, carefully smooth out
with your hand all folds or creases, and i
gently pull each pattern into proper ne
shape ; then spread over it another fine wc
handkerchief, folded double, and iron g$
with a hot iron. Remove the upper ye
cloth from the lace, but do not touch gj
the lace until it is perfectly dry. It
dries in its imnression on the cambric.
and perfectly retains the beauty of its ^
pattern. When quite dry, fold it in
tissue-paper, and it will look like new fQ.
lace. de
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A Hint to Travelers.
Even if slightly fabulouB the following
is good : A young eel inhabiting
the mouth of a river in India determined tai
to travel. Being a fresh-water eel, he Lj
was somewhat restricted in his choice stt
! of a route, but he set out with ft cheer- 'to
ful heart and very little luggage. Be- vii
fore he had proceeded very far up- eij
1 stream he found the current too strong to
to be overcome without a ruinous con- nn
sumption of coals. He decided to an- de
chor his tail where it then wus, and sb
groiu up. For the first hundred miles ot]
it was tolerably tedious work, but when In
he had learned to tame his impatience ur
he found this method of progress rather nil
pleasant than otherwise. But when he an
began to be caught at widely separate ch
points by the fishermen of eight or ten tr<
different nations he did not think it so tai
fine. This fable teaches that when you ex
extend your residence you multiply ne
your experiences. A local eel can know se
but little of angling. th
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Bold Rats.?Rats are learning the ^
evil ways of men. Generally they have ex
been accused of stealthily taking such is
articles as would relieve the natural
pangs of hunger, which in the eye of hu
manity, if not of law, is some extenua- tb
tion of the crime. But " evil communi- at
cations corrupt good manners," and now hf
rats, like men, are beginning to steal fli
gold. A gentleman of Nashville, Tenn.,
recently placed his watch under his pillow
before retiring at night. In the la
morning it had disappeared. The ser- ee
vant had been into the room to make a in
fire, and was questioned about the miss- of
ing artiole.bnthe denied any knowledge . to
of it. The gentleman then institnted a cc
thorough search, and at length found
the watch forced half-way into a rat- y<
hole. On pulling it out the four-footed wl
thief was found entangled in the golden A'
chain, hanging by the neek, and dead, pi
A Hazardous Voyage.
oiling the Pacific Ocean In a CockleShell.
Au attempt is to be made, says the
in Diego (Cal.) Union, from this bay
navigate the Pacific Ocean which has
it been surpassed by any of the daring
ats accomplished on the waters of the
lantic. It is nothing more or less
an a voyage from here to the coast of
pan in one of the smallest sailing
ifts afloat on the waters of our bay.
The sloop Dolphin, by which this
rilous voyage is to be made, is in
;t a mere cockle-shell, measuring
ly 20 feet in length from stem to
;rn, 10 feet beam, and 3 feet 3 inches
pth of hold. She is built sharp at
th ends, and is capable of carrying
out eight tons. The Dolphin is not
ich longer than an ordinary sized
mleboat, onlv instead of being open
e has been decked over. There are
o hatchways in the deck?one, the
lin hatchway, being in the' centre of
e deck ; the other over what is inlded
to represent the cabin.
.The cabin is simply three bunks *
ilt in a triangle, the bunks forming fl
e sides of the vessel, and joining at 8
0 feet, the bunk forming the base of *
0 triangle extending from side to side. r
>ove the latter there is still' another *
nk, between which and the beuras of 1
0 deck there is barely room for a 8
in's body. A man-hole in the deck, ?
mediately astern of the after hatch- 11
y, has been provided for the helms- e
in. The deck is flush with the gun- 1
le. e
rhe Dolphin was built in San Fran- ?
co, and is commanded by Captain I
tvis. In her voyage to Japan she e
11 be manned by four men, including
r commander. She will be supplied j
tli water and provisions to serve six 1 c
mths, the supply of the former t
lounting to 300 gallons. Her cargo 4
11 consist of two tons of coarse salt, *
plements for hunting the otter and 0
ring the skins, and provisions for the 8
lise. *
Hie hazardous voyage is undertaken ! *
these hardy and daring men for the | '
rpese of hunting the sea otter, the ( ^
in of which is very valuable on j I
:ount of the excellence of the fur. j 1
ie sea otter is exceedingly plenty off |8
0 coast of Japan, and the adventurers 1
pect to succeed in securing a full '
rgo of skins. With fair wind and \ *
ather Captain Davis expeots to make ?
0 passage in six weeks' time, as the t
>lphin is a fast sailer, being regarded j{
one of the fastest vessels, large or !
tall, on the Pacific coast. He has 1
sry confidence of making a safe and , *
ick voyage. The little vessel he re- i
rds as being safer than a larger ves- j i
1. She is certainly as staunch as a l ?
ssel well can be, and has been thor- j8
ghly overhauled for the present; 1
yage. A few months ago sue was <
gaged in cruising around the wreck of , *
0 Sacramento, off Sacramento Reef. 1
ifore sailing to Japan she will run 1
wn to Ensenadas, and from thence to <
e Coronada Islands and back, with a i
rty of officials and others interested '
the recent purchase of the islands. (
ie fate and fortune of the Dolphin <
11 be carefullv watched. i
Small Expenditures.
Five cents each morning. A mere
He. Thirty-five cents per week. Not
ich, yet it would buy coffee or sugar
r a whole family?818.25 a year. And
is amount invested in the savings
nk at the end of each year, and the
terest computed annually, would in
elve years amount to more than
70. Enough to buy a good farm in the
!8t.
Five cents before each breakfast, dinr
and supper ; you'd scarcely miss it,
t it is fifteen cents a day, 81-05 per
sek?enough to buy a wife or a daugh- ;
r a dress?-854.00 a year. Enough to
ty a small library of books. Invest
is as before, and in twenty years you
>uld have over 82,000. Quite enough
buy a good house and lot.
Ten cents a morning ; hardly worth a
cond thought; yet with it you can
ty a paper of pins or a spool of thread,
venty cents' per week ; it would buy
veral yards of muslin. 836.50
ore year. With it you could buy a
od suit of clothes. Deposit this
lount as before, and you would have
,340 in twenty years; quite a snug
tie fortune.
Ten cents before each breakfast, dinr,
and Bupper?thirty cents a day. It
>uld buy a good book for the chilli en.
. 10 per week ; enough to pay for a ;
ar's subscription to a good newspaper.
09.29 per year. With it you could
iy a good melodeon, on which your
fe or daughter could play sweet music
pleasantly while the evening hours
ray. And this amount invested as here,
would, in forty years, produce the
sired amount of 812,000.?Floral
ibinet.
Cure of Stammering.
Very gratifying results have been obined
by M. Chervin, a physician of
rons, in treating the vicious habit of
immering. A commission, appointed
investigate the working of Dr. Chera's
system, put under his treatment
jht patients, varying in age from ten ,
twenty-nine years, all of whom stam- ,
sred in their speech to a most painful '
gree. Some of the patients had been
immerers from early infancy, while
liers owed the habit to nervous shock,
ten days after they were first placed
ider the care of M. Chervin they were \
I able to speak without stammering, I
d at the end of three weeks were disarged
perfectly cured. The mode of
iatment is as follows: The patient is
ught, by means of a large number of
ercises, to pronounce with distinct- j
ss vowels, consonants, syllables, and I
ntences. Great attention is paid to
e regulating of the act of inspiration,
slow but normal inspiration is taken
certain intervals, and this is succeedi
by an even, continuous, and loud
niration. during which pronunciation
effected. Twenty days are devoted
the treatment, the time being divided
to three periods: one of silence, to
eak up the old habit; one in which
e patient is taught to speak slowly
id deliberately ; and a third, wherein
> acquires the practice of speaking
leutly, and without clipping his words.
"Been."?The Nashua Telegraph retes
that a good many years ago, on a
rtain occasion, when an educational
stitution was in session in Lowell, one
the professors called on a young lady
conjugate the verb been, and she
immenced, "I will have ben" (been),
pou will have ben" (been)? "Stop,"
died the professor; "you don't know
bether Ben will have you or not?"
ad the lady sat down, but ever after
onounoed that word oorrectly.
An Anfs Granary.
'' It sometimes happens that an ant has I
Manifestly made a bad selection, and is bee
aid on its return that what it has of t
Drought home with mnch pains is no of
jetter than rubbish, and is hustled out Sep
)f the nest, and is forced to throw its per
Durden away. In order to try whether ?62
;liese creatures were not fallible like inc<
ither mortals, I one day took with me a he
ittle packet of gray and white porcelain and
Deads, and scattered these in the path hav
)f the harvesting train. They had will
icarcely lain a minute on the earth be- his
'ore one of the largest workers seized ed i
lpon a bead, and with some difficulty of i
dipped it with its mandibles and trot- ity
ed back at a great rate to the nest. I aho
raited for a little while, my attention tial
leing divided between the other ants, hat
vho were vainly endeavoring to remove mil
he beads, and the entrance down which in i
he worker had disappeared, and then hin
eft the spot. On my return in an gro
lour's time, I found the ants passing sto<
mconcernedly by and over the beads, hi?
vhich lay where I had strewn them, in exP
ipparently undiminished quantities; hoi
ind I conclude from this that they had e(f
ound out the mistake, and had wisely fed
eturned to their accustomed occupa- ouf
ions." He adds: " I have often amused van
uyself by strewing hemp and canary the
eed or oats, all of which form, heavy of
>urdens for the ants, near their nests ; drei
ud it is a curious sight to watch the 8t"
agerness and determination with which ora1
hey will drag them away. It is inter- van
sting also to note how on the following en
[ay the husks of these seeds will ap- wr0
>ear on the rubbish-heap, outside the n0^
ntrance to the nest. fen<
With this amount of discrimination,
he ants fight tremendous battles, Jut'
olony against colony, in the endeavor i Kan
0 plunder each other's granaries. At ; wa*
imes, these combats last for days, and !
errible mutilations are the result. Two j fan'
nts may be noticed contending for a i con
eed, one of them holding on with the a?
enacity of a bull-dog, even although he alfl
las lost his abdomen in the struggle, a?c
4 Then," says Mr. Moggridge, " the h1dctor
will be seen dragging away his
)rize, while his adversary, though now BU"
ittle more than a head and legs, offers yie
1 vigorous, though, of course, inef- 1?^
ectual resistance." On one occasion, a f101
>attle was seen to last thirty-one days. '
Lt the termination of such desperate , j* 1
ngagements, the field is strewn with j
he slain, which are carried away and , Dau
laten as part of the spoil. 1
To expeditions which end in these
nurderous conflicts, are added thievish trK
aids on seed-stores which happen to be i P111
n the neighborhood. The ant com- ' "l8
nunities are not in the least particular i Pro
is to whence they can steal grain, hemp- ; 8P?
teed, canary-seed, or any suitablejnutri- i ?uf
iment; and they have an extraordinary inv
deverness in discovering where food is
o be got for the taking. They know !
vhere there are shops in Mentone for ' g
lie sale of crain. A flourishing colonv ! .
)f the Atta structor iugeniously planted .
tself at the door of a corn-chandler, "*8
and " were ever on the lookout for stray ing
grains of oats and wheat, which might
3hance to fall from the sacks. Another . .
nest, in a differeut part of the town, got
its principal substance from the grains Pre
af canary-seed, which were scattered by gat
the birds occupying a cage hanging utr
outside a shop-windov; " ^
The dimensions of an ant's granary
are described as about the size of a an(
gentleman's watch. There all sorts of At
plundered seeds are stored for winter tio
use?or, more correctly, for the seasons
wh'en no seeds are growing ; for there is ^ (
little or no winter in the Riviera, such
as we know by that term. In the matter
of storing, however, we have to meet jl
a difficulty. The granaries being only mp
a few inches under the surface of the ?er
ground, how do the ants manage to pro- ,
pent the seeds from germinating, and j""
becoming useless for food ? Ancient i
authors account for the phenomenon, by j
stating that the ants bore holes through ,'
the grains, so as to destroy the vital [
principle. What ants may have done i.
thousands of years ago in Greece and
some eastern countries, we may not dis-^ m,
pute ; but it is plain that the ants of j
the Riviera dismiss the boring system, |
and go to work in a manner which shows I ,
their skill in chemistry. This, perhapa, ?.
is the funniest thing told by Mr. Mog- ,
gridge. Will it be believed??they ,
actually malt their grain! When the .
seeds have duly sprouted, the ants nip
off the radicle or fibril to check the
growth, and then carry out the grain to ,
be dried in the open air. The seeds ,
ore thus malted. The starch is changed .
into sugar, and, so transformed, the
food is eaten with becoming relish. "I ?
have myself," says our author, "witnessed
the avidity with which the contents
of seeds tlius treated would be
devoured by the ants." If the ants in b(^(
olden time did not understand the pro - J men
cess of malting, the modem ones may
be congratulated on their advancement the
in this piece of useful knowledge. J.'1*
The ceaseless diligence of these ant The
communities is testified by the fact that !uC
they have been discovered working in
the dark, carrying seeds to their granaries,
or searching for aphides from the n
orange-tree, just as if ,it were broad
lay. Need we say, how gratifying it is p?
to see substantiated the ancient saws ,ic
about ants and their wonderful foresight
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The Postal Cards, *,*'
As postal cards will probably soon be
in circulation, it may be well to show h?
how they have been used to facilitate a Brt
loan. Itecentlv, in r ranee, an muiviu*
a
ual Rent daily several postal cards ad- '^f
dressed to himself, on one of which his tied
inquisitive janitor read:
"Let me know when you will call for p
that 14,000 francs. Your carelessness hal
is inexplicable. Yours, &c."
Another indicated to the janitor that oan
his acquaintance was in the full tide of 0Ilc
good luck: a
"Answer Yes or No. I am aware the |J
girl's thousands do not concern you,
but you owe some respect to her family.
Say distinctly if you will or will not c
marry her. immediate."
Better still was this one:
"Mr. J , notary, requests you
to call at his office as soon as possible,
to acquire possession of the property^of
the late Mr. Bigourdin."
Astonished at the contents of this correspondence,
the indiscreet porter lent
50,000 francs (?10,000) to the ingenious a
borrower, who, of course, suddenly dis
appeared. The police were duly inform- J0]
ed of the matter, and when the- officer or
asked the janitor why he lent this man joi
his money so foolishly, he answered
naively, "BecaurO I thought he didn't ?
need it." So candid a creditor deserved B*
better luck. ?
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A patient at Genesee died lately from {?
taking internally a liniment intended ?'?
for outward application. o*
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An Eoeentrio Englishman
England a-court of probate has
n occupied in settling a curious case ai
illeged insanity. A Mr. John Knight, di
Henley Hall, Staffordshire, died in fa
itember last, leaving behind him ol
sonal property to the amount of li
1,000 and an estate producing a net ni
Dine of ?1,500 a year. In early life w
-was in straightened circumstances, o1
1 his accession to a fortune seems to
e unbalanced his reason. He left a s]
L making an eccentric disposition of le
property, and this will was contest- w
on the ground that the testator was b'
unsound mind. The proof of insan- ^
was certainly very strong. It was w
wn that Mr. Knight had a great par- ,
ity for German bauds, and was in the v
it of entertaining these wandering jjj
istrels sumptuously at his residence, p
eturn for which they would play for d<
i hours at a time. He made his F
oms ride races in a ring, while he ^
od by to enjoy the fun ; and he fed j*
dogs on mutton without regard to m
ense. He built splendid green g
ises and fruiteries, but either allowthe
fruit to rot without picking or
animals with it. When he went 8j
shooting rooks he took a maid ser- r(
i- ?i--? U.-A lUa Tr?/3crck nhfLrCAfi
v Willi 111 ill | UUd uao v uwgv v?? o ? ?
jury that this was not an evidence n
insanity. He was, in the habit of ^
Rsing himself in skins and painting n
pes on his face, and when t bus dec- w
ted he would rush in among hi s serts,
gun in hand, expecting to fright- ^
them. It was in evidence that he
te a letter advising one of his sons a
to smoke, and that he declined to C|
l the same son a sum of money to _
him up in business, though the \ j(
Ige could see no indications of in- I w
ity in either of these acts. Hut it i u
i shown that he was subject to many
Lucinations, and on one occasion he ^
cied that he had been accused of ^
imitting a robbery, and went so far ^
to consult a solicitor in relation to
defense, though in realitv no such ^
usation had been brought against
1. He had also treated his wife and
Idren with great unkindness without ^
icient cause. Sir James Hannen, j,
Judge, in summing up, told the
y that soundness of mind, the ques1
they were called to consider, did j
mean a properly balanced mind, as, i
it did, few persons would be compe- q,
t to make a will. A person of sound
id must have a proper discernment a
iglit from wrong, and he called attion
to the difference between eccensity
and insanity, stating that in
ny instances persons subject to de- h
ions can transact all their business lj
iperly if it does not turn on the w
cific hallucination from which they :
fer. The jury brought in a verdict j
alidating the will.
The Uses of Water. tl
lince Sir William Armstrong intro- b
led his hydraulic machinery for rais- *
; ore from deep mines, and for load- tl
; and unloading ships in dock, it has
m applied, as our readers are aware, d
^ Al ?. i. I
many other purposes. r>y me quiet f
issure of water the largest of dock- v
,es are now opened and closed with the ?
nost ease ; newspapers are printed, c
;s are worked in hotels and factories, jj
i the scenes are shifted in theatres,
the Iioyal Academy, when exhibi- t
ns are in preparation, truckloads of <i
itures are raised from the basement 1
the galleries by a hydraulic lift of unlal
size, fed by the ordinary water- t
sply. Water can be used to blow the s
.lows of an ergan, and in the employ- '
nt of water for this or any other in- [
mittent purpose there is the advan- j
;e that it is always ready. Pull a
er, or turn a tap, and it begins to
rk. There is no lighting of a fire, c
i waiting half an hour, as in the case t.
Bteara. And now an ingenious meinician
at Paris has contrived a way
close and open shop-shutters by 0
ans of the ordinary water supply. ;e
0 winch, and cog-wheels, and con-: a
jting apparatus at present employed, 11
1 not required ; with twenty gallons ! c
water, at a sixty-feet pressure, more ,
in twenty square yards of iron shut- i 0
s can be raised or lowered merely by (
rning a cap inside the shop. The wa-tubes,
and indeed all the apparatus, B
i inside the shop, which renders it 1
iy to guard against effects of frost; j 1
ile failure of water could be prevent- 11
by storing a day's supply in a cis- 11
n.?Chambers's Journal. j i
a cure fob e
t
CONSUMFTIONa I
1
nr the cure of thii distressing dlseaso there has
n no medicine yet discovered that can show ;
re evidence of real merit than ALLEN'S I.UNQ !
LSAM. This uuequaled expectorant tor curing i
ctions of the throat, lungs, and all disease* of j
pulmonary organs is introduced to the suffer- '
public after its merits for tho cure of such dls- t
es have been fully tested by the medical faculty, j ,
) Uulsam Is consequently, recommended by phy- I
ans who have become acquainted with its great '
WHAT THE DOCTORS SAT:
rs. Wilson A Ward, physicians and druggists. ,
to from Controville, Toiin.: "We purchased | 1
in'* Lung lint sum, and It sells rapidly. We are |
dicing physician*, as well as druggists, and
e pleasure In recommending a great remedy, |
h as we know this to be."
r. Lloyd, of Ohio, surgeon In the army during
war, from exposure, contracted consumption,
says: " I hare no hesitation in stating that it *
I by the use of your Lung Rnhum that 1 am now <
re and enjoying good health." ]
athanlel Harris, of Mlddleberry, Vt., says: "I 1
re no doubt it will soon become a classical reme1
agent for the cure of all diseases ef the Throat, '
menial Tubes and Lungs." 1
mos Woolly, M. D., of Kosciusca Co.. Ind., says: ! !
or three years past I have used Allen'* Lung '
Win extensively in my practice, and I am satis- | 1
I there is no better medicine for lung diseases | 1
,,c"
I |
hysicinns do not recommend a mediclno which I ]
nomeiit. What they say about
ALLEN'S LCNO BALSAM
, bo taken as a fart. Let all afflicted test it at ;
e, and be convinced of its real merits. j *
s an expectorant it has no eqnal.
: is harmless to the most delicate child, ]
; contains no opium in any form.
lrectlons accompany each bottle, j r
ACTION.?Call for . ! <
I
ALLEN'S LUNO BALSAM. j<
J. N. HARRIS A CO., Ctnc'nnatl, 0. |l
Propribtobs. ! j
PBRRY DAVIS A SON, General Agents,
Providence, R. L I
old by all Medicine Dealer*.
FOB SALS BT ]
HN P. HRNRT, New York.
O. C. GOODWIN A CO., Boeton.
KN80N. H0L0WAY 4 CO.. Philadelphia. (
Irr Rid op a Cold at Oxce by using Dr. Jayne's j
pectorant. a certain cure for all Pulmonary and I
oncbial Affections.
(cat and Oldest Family* Medicine.?Satp- (
d't Liver Invioorator-m purely Vegetable Cattarand
Tonic-forDyspepsia,Coastlpatlon,Debility, ;
k Headache, Bilious Attacks, and all derangents
of Liver, Stomach and Bow sis. Ask your '
ugglst for It. Btteart of imiMioni. 1
Hints to Owners of Watches.
A watch is a most delicate machine,
id a very little thing is enough to
image its system, and make it go too
tat or too slow, or to arrest the motion
I its wheels, and it is .just that very
ttle thing that you don't take any
otice of. Show us your watch, and
e'll tell you what are the habits of its
wner.
A person of irregular habits will
>oil the best watch in the world. Caress
or inexact people will always hare
atches that go fast or slow?or that go
ath fast and slow by turns. If you
in't be steady and regular in your
ibits, you need not expect to have a
atch that you can rely on.
All the best watchmakers in the
orld will be unable to give your watch
lat regularity which is lacking in your:lf,
and which you cannot, therefore,
reserve in your watch, and which you
estroy as fast as the watch is regulated,
or a watch should be wound up every
ay at the same hour, and as soon as
ossible in the morning. And the best
? *? J --? it.:. 1- -l... tk.
:casion ior uumg wis 10 nucu wo
linute-hand marks seven or ten
linutes after the hour-hand has marked
le hour.
The operation of winding up a watch
lould never be performed carelessly or
jughly; but, on the contrary, with
reat precaution, especially at the molent
when you give the final turn to
le key. Then you should gently
loderate the movement, so as not to
rind the watch up too tight. You
tiould always take good care to fit the
eyhole before commencing.
It is not a good plan to carry the key
bout with yon, unless it is kept in a
ase; and never carry it loose in your
ocket, as it is liable to get dust into
;, which you will introduce into the
'atch, from time to time, in winding it
p, to its great detriment.
Never, under any circumstances but
lose of extreme necessity, open the
iterior compartment?that which conlins
the machinery of the watch.
In winding up the watch, the hand
lat holds it should remain perfectly
beady and without motion.
The hands may be advanced or set
ack, when necessary, without any harm
eing done to the watch, although con ary
to the popular notion on the subJet.
A Cough, Cold, ob Sore Thboat, reuircs
immediate attention, as neglect oftenmes
results in some incurablo Lung Disease.
Brown's Bronchial Troches " will almost inariably
give relief.?Com.
The Times says Dr. Walpole has lost
is beautiful chestnut mare. She died sudden
in harness, it is supposed from bots or piD
orms. If the Doctor had used Sheridan's
'acahy Condition rowders, he would, no
oubt, have had his mare to-day?they are
eath on worms.
Chapped hands are very common with
liose who have the r hauds much in water. A
bw drops of Johiuon's Anodyne Liniment rubed
over the hands two or three times a day,
rill keep them soft and white. Fishermen,
ailors. and others will do well to remember
his.?Cook
For loss of Appetite, Dyspepsia, InIgestion,
depression of Spirits ana General
Jebilitv. in their various forms, Ferro-Phos
uorated Elixir of Calisaya made by Casitell,
Hazard A Co., New York, and sold by
ill druggists, is the beat tonio. Ah a stimulant
onic for patients, recovering from fever or
ither sickness, it lias no equal. If taken durug
tbo season it prevents fever and ague and
ither intermittent fevers.?om
Flaqo's Instant Relief has stood
wenty years' test. Is warranted to give itnmeliatt
relief to all Rheumatic, Nouralgio, Head,
iar and Rack aches, or money refunded.? Com.
The Bbowns and Blacks produced by
hat sterling preparation, Crihtadobo's Eicelior
IIair Dye, caimot be excelled by Nature;
ts tints challenge comparison with Nature's
Qost favored productious, and defy detection.
-Com.
Prop the Falling.
It is a great blessing to have by nature a atreng
onatitutlon, but not more than one-half of the inlabitants
of the civilized world are thus provided,
lany constitutions are feeble to begin with, many
there, originally vigorous, are crippled by overxcrtion,
dissipation, unhealthy surroundings,
[rief, privation, or some other portentous cause,
icfore the prime of life is attained. But is this an
vil without a remedy a palliative? Not contitutions
can be replaced. Hundreds of thousands
f Instances might be adduced in which conetituional
decay has been arrceted by the continuous
ise of Hosteller's Stomach Bitters as an in vigoraut.
t is coustltuaioual strength that enables one man
o recover from a disease which would be mortal
o another destitue of this element of resistance.
A'hencver a malady of any kind obtains a foothold
n any part of the human body, and becomes a
hronic fixture there, it is proof positive that the
lonstitution has been mastered by the disease and
irgently requires help. In such a case Hostetter'a
litters should be taken at least three times a day,
mtil the natural powers of the system are recruitid.
Tbcu tho morbid principle wbith generated
md feeds the complaint will have to succumb to the
nflucnce of animal vigor, aided by the toning,
egulating, purifying operation of the Bitters upon
ho organ or organs in which tho ailment is localid.
There is nothing like this mighty tonic to
' prop the falling.''
Tli? Markets.
jrrw YORK.
Jeef Cattle? Prime to Extra Bullockul .14 a .14
lint quality 12 a .13
Second quality 11 a .12)4
Ordinary thiu Cattle... .09 a .12)4
Inferior or lowcet grade .OS a .11)4
ITIIcb Cowa J 40.00 ?75.0O
logs?lave 06 a .06)4
Dressed 07Sa .07>4
iheep 08%a .07)4
Potion?Middling 19".,aoq
flour?Extra Western 6.7S a 7.10
State Extra 6.00 a 7.30
iVheat?lted Western 1.90 a 1.00
No. 2 Spring 1.63 a 1.68)4
ftye 63 a .H?
Hurley?Malt 1.07 a 1.35
'orn?Mixed Wrutrrii 67 a .68
lata?Mixed Western 83)4a .54)4
[lay, per ton 17.00 aSO.OO
It raw, per ton 13.00 a 2:1.00
flops "72's 40u50?Wh ,10 rt .13
fork?Mess 15.50 aSO.UO
Lard .08',/! .10",
Pelroletitu?(.'rude 9\a 10 Hetined2f)4
Hotter?State 37 a .40
Ohio, Fine 30 a .32
" Yellow 18 a .28
Western ordinary IS a .20
Pennsylvania Que 30 a .35
Plieese?State Factory 15)40 .16
" Skimmed 05 a ,IO)f
Ohio 13 rt .16
Kgns?State 17 a ,18)|
ALBANY,
R'lierit 1.85 a 2.( 5
Rye?State 88 a .90
'.'orn?d.xed 88)40 .67
Hal lev-Slate mo a 1.10
.late?Sti.t< 84 a .55
BUFFALO.
p. rt H.46 a 7.10
. . 6.40 rt 6.75
I.m 4.75 a 6.60
I . u*i aio.oo
nti.Mt No. 2Spring 1.43 a 1.53
*3 n ' i
urn ? _ ?
Date 42 a .43
Kvf .65 a .85
llirley ... .M al.OO
UvJ O8J4 a .09
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour 7.50 a 8.15
Wheat?Western Bed 1.90 a 1.91
Coru?Yellow 82 a .83
Mixed 8214'a .821,
petroleum?Crude 14 lkdued .19>
Clover Seed 8.00 a 9.25
Timothy 3.50 a 3.75
BALTmORK.
Cotton?Low Middling 18 .18*
Flour?Extrs 8.50 a 7.60
Wheel .. 1.70 ?110
Corn 08 a .07
Ota .47 41 M
\
- \ " 1
i
Consumers should use from one-fourth V
to otis-half less of Dooley's thsn of other Yeset H
or Baking Powders. It is put up full weight.? M
Com.
chicago,
milwaukee
& st. paul
railway.
(Kilwsukes ft Bt Paul Railway Co.)
Extending from Chicago to Milwaukee, 1st
Crone, Winona, Hastings, St. Pawl aad
Hlnneapolla. Alio to Madison, Prairie da
Chlrn, Au?tin, Owatonaa, Charles City,
Maion City end Alcona | alio to JanesrUle,
Monroe, Ripon, Berlin and Oehkosh.
Embracing more Bnalneaa Centres and Pleasure
Resorta than any Nortbwestsrn line.
CHICAGO DEPOT?Center Canal and
Madison atreets, (with Pittsburg, Port Warns*
Pennay Irani*. and Chicago. Alton Alt. Louis R'ys.)
MILWAUKEE DEPOT-Corner Reed
and South Water streets.
Connecting In St. Psnl with all Railways dlrsrglng
thence.
Nsw York Orrtcs?819 Bread way.
Borrox OrricB?1 Court street.
Okkchsi. Orsicss?Milwaukee, Wis.
S. S. MBRBILL, Osn. Msssger.
JKO. C. OACLT. Ain't Ocn. Manager.
A. V. H. CARPBNTEB. Q. P. and T Agent
KTX C?Xo 18 ' jM
Lisi to J. H. JOll.M.?.v
BrMeh Lcwdiu Shot Gone, ?40 todJut Double Shot
Ilahiajr Tackle, do. Largtdlmwli to doaltrt or eM*.
Army Puna. Berolyses^sto., bought ee traded for. Goede
seat by szpreaa C.O.D. to be erasilnod bates SeMte.
i f Jintablukod 1880.1
Welch, db Oxlffitha,
> Manufacturers of Saws,
SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS. . -i
^ EVERT SAW WARRANTEDS
FILLS, BELTING k MACHINES?.
LIBERAL DISCOUNTS.
e a | P ice List, and Circular* free.
C/> WELCH & GRIFFITHS, '
I Boston, Mm . 4 Detroit, Mich.
MOTHERS! MOTHERS! 1
MOTHERS! 1
Don't fall to procur* MBS. WIN SLOWS H
800THLNG 8YEUP FOB CHILDREN TEETH- H
10. V
This valuable preparation h?? been need with W
NEVER-FAILING SUCCB88 IN THOUSANDS OP 1
CASES. , \
It not only relieves the child from pain, but tavlrorate*
the stomach and bowel*, correct* acidity, awl
Hives tone and energy to the whole system. It will ^
also instantly relieve
Griping of the Bowels and Wind Colie.
We believe It the BEST and SUREST REMEDY IE
THE WORLD In all case* of DYSENTERY AND
DIARRHEA IN CHILDREN, whether arising from
teething or any other cause. i
Depend npon It, mothers, It will give rest to yourselves
and
Belief and Health to Tour Infants.
Be snre and call or
"Mrs. Winslow'a Soothing Syrup.'
Having the fac-sImtle *f "CURTIS A PERKIN'S'
on the outsld* wrapper.
Sold by Druggists throughout tha World'
670 An EACH WEEK-AOENTS WANTED
H* ' Bnslnes* legitimate. Particulars
free .T WORTH. St. Louis. Mo . Row V4F1
t PORTABLE - -r^
Soda Fountains,
40, SSO, 973 and ?100.
GOOD. DURABLE, AND CHEAP
SHIPPED READY FOR USE
Manufactured by
J. W. CHAPMAN & CO,
Madison, Ind.
?Send for Circular.?
sewing mauiiuio
Is the BEST IN THE WORLD.
Agtntu Wanted. Bend for circular. Aridress:
" DOMESTIC " 8BWINO MACHINE CO.. N. T
USB tbe Bellinger Bash Lock and Support to
FASTEN YOUR WINDOWS!
No spring to break, no cutting of sask; cheap, dur
able, rerjr easily applied ; holds sash at any plac*
desired, and a self-fastener when tbe sash is down.
Bend stamp for circular. Circular and six copperbronzed
locks sent to any address In the U. 8., postpaid,
on receipt of fOcts. Liberal Inducements t*
the trade. Agents wanted. Address, Bellinger
Bash Lock Co., No. SIS Market St., Harrisburg, Pa.
[Por Illustration of this cheapest and best lock.se*
Wooii't Household itagmint, A. T. Indeptndent.ete.]
BHlfflfifll ^ea"^ectar
?' PSNTOT Slaclk T"F1 A
pjtlJwHiiS - With the Oreeu Tea Plaror,
W.Pm*sceiNlWTtA#" The best Tea Imported. For
,al* ererywhere. And for sal*
XmirWBK T wholesale only by the OBBAT
tm /mmll ATLANTIC A PACIFIC TEA CO
IS dMKal No. 181 Pulton Bt.l 14 ? Church
edSSSJHEf St., New York. P. 0. Box, MOB
Rend for Thea-Nectar Circular
151 nnn reward ^
U/X?V/V/V/ For any case of Blind, Bleed
_ lng, Itching, or Ulcerated
DrtTTTjiy/1 Piles that I)K BINO'B PILB
ACWdiU BEMEDY falls to cur*. It la V
prepared expressly to cure the Piles and nothing g
else. SOLD BY AIL DBPOOI8T8. PRICE tf
W0RKINflCLA88.^^."SdAK^
hie employmcnMt home, day or evening; no capital required
; full instructions and valuable package of goods sent
free by mail. Address, with six cent return stamp,
M. YOUNG 4 CO., Id Oortlandt-sL, New York.
fn 4t0n P" day I Agents wanted I All classes
90 w &&VJ 0f working people of either sex,young
or old. make more money at work for ua In their
spare moments or all the time than at anything else.
Particulate free. Address G. BTIW80N 4 CO., Portland.
Me.
Dr. Whittier,
Longest engaged and most luccessfurphysldaa
of ih* age. Consultation or pamphlet fraa. Call or
write.
tlfl to
<D1U <PflUA.H BlalrA Co. Bt. Louis. Mo
WONDERFUL.?A New Method of curing
yy CnxacwPTiux. asthma, Bkohchitib. Ac., sent
free. Immediste relief and a permanet cure guaranteed.
Address, with three cent return stamp,
A. YOUNO. 290 Fifth Street, Brooklyn, E. D? N. Y.
A CENT*! WANTED ererywhere. Bamplea
and circulars mailed 011 receipt < f CO cents.
- - _ .1.1, v v en.
1 GORHAM PRAY. Manufacturer. am ???.
; 12,000,000 ACRES I
I __
1 Cheap Farms!
The Cheapest Land In Market, for aala bp tha 4g
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY,
In the OBEAT PLATTE ALLEY.
3,OOO,000 Acres In Central Nebraska
I Now for aale in tracta of forty acrea and upwards
on fire and ten yeara' credit at 6 per cant. Ho
Advance Intereat required.
! Mild and Healthful Climate, Fertile Boll, an
abundance ofGood Water.
THE BE8T MARKET IN THE WE8TI The great
Mining Regions of Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and
Nevada, being anpplied by the fhrmera In tha
Flattb Yallkt.
SOLDIERS KNTITI.F.D TO A HOME*
I STEAD OF 100 ACRES.
THE BEST LOCATIONS for COLONIES.
FREE HOMES FOR ALL I Millions of acres of
choice ciOTernmcHi u^cn n>< iuw 7 -? ?
Homeitead Law,near thle Great Railroad, with
good market*, and all the convenience* of an old
ettled country.
Free pane* to purchaser* of Railroad Land*.
Sectional Map*, showing the Land, al*o new edition
of Deacrtptlve Pamphlet with new Map*
mailed free everywhere.
Addrei*.
. O. P. DAVIS
Land Commla*loner V. P. B. R.,
Omaha, Mc>?
MOSEY Made rapidly with Btencll d Key Cheek
Outfit*. Catalogue*, eamnle* and fullpartlo|
nlara Trtt. 8. M Spencer. 117 Hanover fit., Bo*ton.
Hint a to Stock Breeder*: tell* how to breed mala
fsmsl*. fnr rt? f. P 8H"*? '''?? ft,
1 Dr-Whittior,
Long*** engaged and aaoet ?ucce*#funphyalctaa
of the age, CcmaulUtlon* and pamphlet* free. Cal
o? write.
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